Wednesday, February 26, 2014

Systematic and Biblical Theology

In his introduction to Part 2 of his Systematic Theology, Frame notes that while biblical theology looks at Scripture as a story or narrative, and systematic theology explores concepts such as the attributes of God and the hypostatic union of Jesus' two natures, the division between the two is somewhat artificial. He argues that there is no reason why a systematic theology should not explore traditional biblical theological concepts and there is no reason why a biblical theology should not consider a systematic theology since, for instance, "the narrative presupposes a system of truth including these concepts." Amen. Quit fighting you two.